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CITY OF DEARBORN HTS-LEGALS

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NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION
CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS
COUNTY OF WAYNE, MICHIGAN
TO THE QUALIFIED ELECTORS:
Notice is hereby given that a GENERAL ELECTION will be held in the City of Dearborn Heights, County of Wayne, State of Michigan on
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 2018
for the purpose of electing candidates for the following offices:
Governor and Lieutenant Governor
Secretary of State
Attorney General
United States Senator
Representative In Congress, 12TH and 13TH District
Representative In Congress, 13TH District, Partial Term
State Senator, 5TH District
Representative In State Legislature, 11TH and 13TH District
Member Of The State Board Of Education
Regent Of The University Of Michigan
Trustee Of Michigan State University
Governor Of Wayne State University
County Executive
County Commissioner, 8TH District
Justice Of Supreme Court
Judge Of Court Of Appeals, 1ST District, Incumbent Position
Judge Of Court Of Appeals, 1ST District, Incumbent Position, Partial Term
Judge Of Circuit Court, 3RD Circuit, Incumbent Position
Judge Of Circuit Court, 3RD Circuit, Incumbent Position, Partial Term
Judge Of Circuit Court, 3RD Circuit, Non-Incumbent Position
Judge Of Probate Court, Incumbent Position
Judge Of Probate Court, Non-Incumbent Position
Judge of District Court, 20TH District, Incumbent Position
Board Member Crestwood School District, Dearborn Public Schools, Dearborn Public Schools Partial Term, Dearborn Heights School District No. 7,
Dearborn Heights School District No. 7 Partial Term, Taylor Public Schools, Westwood Community Schools, Wayne-Westland Community Schools
And the following proposals:
State Proposal 18-1, A Proposed Initiated Law To Authorize and Legalize Possession, Use And Cultivation Of Marijuana Products By
Individuals Who Are At Least 21 Years Of Age And Older, And Commercial Sales Of Marijuana Through State-Licensed Retailers
This proposal would:
• Allow individuals 21 and older to purchase, possess and use marijuana and marijuana infused edibles, and grow up to 12 marijuana plants for
personal consumption.
• Impose a 10-ounce limit for marijuana kept at residences and require amounts over 2.5 ounces be secured in locked containers.
• Create a state licensing system for marijuana businesses and allow municipalities to ban or restrict them.
• Permit retail sales of marijuana and edibles subject to a 10% tax, dedicated to implementation costs, clinical trials, schools, roads, and
municipalities where marijuana businesses are located.
• Change several current violations from crimes to civil infractions.
Should this proposal be adopted?
State Proposal 18-2, A Proposed Constitutional Amendment To Establish a Commission Of Citizens With Exclusive Authority To Adopt
District Boundaries For The Michigan Senate, Michigan House Of Representatives And U.S. Congress, Every 10 Years
This proposed constitutional amendment would:
• Create a commission of 13 registered voters randomly selected by the Secretary of State:
• 4 each who self-identify as affiliated with the 2 major political parties; and
• 5 who self-identify as unaffiliated with major political parties.
• Prohibit partisan officeholders and candidates, their employees, certain relatives, and lobbyists from serving as commissioners.
• Establish new redistricting criteria including geographically compact and contiguous districts of equal population, reflecting Michigan’s diverse
population and communities of interest. Districts shall not provide disproportionate advantage to political parties or candidates.
• Require an appropriation of funds for commission operations and commissioner compensation.
Should this proposal be adopted?
State Proposal 18-3, A Proposal To Authorize Automatic And Election Day Voter Registration, No-Reason Absentee Voting, And Straight
Ticket Voting; And Add Current Legal Requirements For Military And Overseas Voting And Post-Election Audits To The Michigan Constitution
This proposed constitutional amendment would allow a United States citizen who is qualified to vote in Michigan to:
• Become automatically registered to vote when applying for, updating or renewing a driver’s license or state-issued personal identification card,
unless the person declines.
• Simultaneously register to vote with proof of residency and obtain a ballot during the 2-week period prior to an election, up to and including
Election Day.
• Obtain an absent voter ballot without providing a reason.
• Cast a straight-ticket vote for all candidates of a particular political party when voting in a partisan general election.
Should this proposal be adopted?
Henry Ford College Millage Continuation Proposal
This millage proposal would continue the existing 1 mill levied by the School District of the City of Dearborn and allocated to Henry Ford College for
general operating purposes (which millage was voted for in 2013 for five (5) years and which will expire with the School District’s 2018 tax levy) for five
(5) years from 2019-2023 inclusive.
Shall the currently authorized millage rate of one (1) mill ($1 per $1,000 of taxable value), which will expire with the School District of the City of
Dearborn’s 2018 tax levy be renewed on the amount of taxes which may be assessed against all taxable property in the School District of the City of
Dearborn, County of Wayne, Michigan, except property exempted by laws, and levied for five (5) years, 2019 through 2023 inclusive, to continue to
provide funds for operating expenses of Henry Ford College? If approved this millage would raise an estimated $4.2 million for the College/District in
2019.
Wayne County Community College District, Replacement Operating Millage Proposal
This proposal will allow Wayne County Community College District to levy 2.25 mills for operating purposes, permanently replacing and combining two
separate existing authorizations which would otherwise expire in 2020 and 2022.
To continue to provide operating funds to the Wayne County Community College District and as a replacement of existing authority which would
otherwise expire in 2020 and 2022, shall the limitation on the amount of taxes which may be imposed on taxable property in the Wayne County
Community College District be permanently increased by 2.25 mills ($2.25 per $1,000 of taxable value), beginning in 2019? It is estimated that 2.25
mills would raise approximately $46,533,830 when first levied in 2019.
Wayne–Westland Community Schools, School Improvement Bond Proposition
Shall the Wayne-Westland Community Schools, County of Wayne, State of Michigan, borrow the sum of not to exceed One Hundred Fifty-Eight Million
($158,000,000) Dollars and issue its general obligation unlimited tax bonds, in one or more series, for the purpose of paying for the cost of the following
projects:
• Remodeling, equipping, re-equipping, furnishing, re-furnishing school buildings, athletic fields and other facilities for safety and security, energy
conservation and other purposes;
• Acquiring and installing instructional technology equipment and infrastructure in school buildings and other facilities;
• Construction of additions to existing school buildings and athletic field houses at both high school sites; and
• Preparing, developing, and improving sites at school buildings, playgrounds, athletic fields and other facilities and the purchase of school
buses?
The maximum number of years any series of bonds may be outstanding, exclusive of refunding, is not more than twenty-five (25) years; the estimated
millage that will be levied to pay the proposed bonds in the first year is 4.48 mills (which is equal to $4.48 per $1,000 of taxable value); and the estimated
simple average annual millage that will be required to retire each series of bonds is 4.38 mills annually ($4.38 per $1,000 of taxable value).
If approved by the voters, the bonds will be guaranteed by the State under the School Bond Qualification and Loan Program (the “Program”). The
School District currently has $6,370,000 of qualified bonds outstanding and $0 of qualified loans outstanding under the Program. The School District
does not expect to borrow from the Program to pay debt service on these bonds. The estimated computed millage rate required to be levied to pay the
proposed bonds may change in the future based on changes in certain circumstances.
(Pursuant to State law, expenditure of bond proceeds must be audited, and the proceeds cannot be used for teacher, administrator or employee
salaries, repair or maintenance costs or other operating expenses.)
STATEMENT AS REQUIRED BY ACT 278 OF PUBLIC ACTS OF 1964
Amending the Property Tax Limitation Act
I, ERIC R. SABREE, Treasurer of Wayne County, Michigan, do hereby certify that, as of October 3, 2018 the total of all voted increases in excess of
the tax rate limitation established by Section 6, Article IX of the Constitution of the State of Michigan, as amended, and the years such increases are
effective on property in the County of Wayne are as follows:
WAYNE COUNTY
Wayne County, Michigan
City of Dearborn Heights
Taxing Authorities
Date of
Election
Voted
Increases
Years
Increase Effective
County of Wayne
November 3, 2009
1 mill
2019
Wayne County Jail
August 7, 2012
1 mill
2021
Wayne County Parks
August 2, 2016
0.25 mills
2020
Wayne County Community College
November 6, 2008
November 6, 2012
1.25 mills
1 mill
2020
2022
Wayne County RESA
November 8, 2016
2 mills
2021
Wayne County Public Transportation Authority
August 7, 2018
1 mill
2021
School District
Crestwood School District
August 5, 2014
18 mills
2034 (non-homestead only)
Dearborn School District
November, 2014
November, 2014
February 2014
February 2014
6.17 mills
18 mills
2.50 mills
1 mill
2024
2024 (non-homestead only)
2024
2018
Dearborn Heights School District No. 7
May, 2014
August, 2016
18 mills
4.6682 mills
2024 (non-homestead only)
2025
Taylor School District
November, 2012
18 mills
2018 (non homestead only)
Wayne – Westland Community Schools
May 2010
February, 2012
18 mills
1 mills
2025 (non homestead only)
2022
Westwood Community School District
February 2014
18 mills
2034 (non homestead only)
Signed: ERIC R. SABREE
Wayne County Treasurer
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN; that the polls for said election will be open from 7:00 A.M. until 8:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time and no longer. Every
qualified elector present and in line at the hour prescribed for the closing thereof shall be allowed to vote. Said election will be conducted by the officials
of the City of Dearborn Heights and that the voting precincts and polling places will be as follows:
PRECINCT LOCATIONS:
1&2
3&4
5&6
7&8
9 & 10
11 & 12
13 & 15
14
16 & 17
18
19
20
21 & 22
23
24
25
26
27
Dearborn Public Schools (Hts. Campus)
River Oaks School
St. Sabina Activities Building
Riverside Middle School
Berwyn Center
Canfield Comm. Center
Caroline Kennedy Library
Dearborn Hts. City Hall
Berwyn Center
Kinloch School
Robichaud High School
St. John the Baptist Church
Wm. Thorne School
Madison School
Pardee School
Annapolis High School
Polk School
Bedford School
22586 Ann Arbor Trail
20755 Ann Arbor Trail
8117 Arnold
25900 W. Warren
26155 Richardson
1801 N. Beech Daly
24590 George
6045 Fenton
26155 Richardson
1505 Kinloch
3601 Janet
26123 McDonald
25251 Annapolis
4950 Madison
4650 Pardee
4650 Clippert
4651 Polk
4650 Croissant
BE IT FURTHER KNOWN all precincts are accessible to the handicapped and elderly.
WALTER J. PRUSIEWICZ, CITY CLERK
CITY OF DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Published October 21, 2018